About this role

• Work on product features end-to-end - complex configuration UIs, workflow builders, and operational dashboards for enterprise users
• Contribute to customer-facing surfaces - SDKs, embeddable flows, and APIs that directly shape how clients experience Zenskar
• Learn and apply frontend architecture best practices - component structure, state management, performance optimisation, and accessibility
• Build backend APIs and data models under senior guidance - developing end-to-end ownership over time
• Debug issues across the full stack - learn to trace problems from symptom to root cause
• Collaborate with design, product, and customer success - hear feedback from real users and let it shape what you build
• Partner with the GenAI engineer to surface AI capabilities through clean, well-designed product interfaces
• Participate in code and design reviews to learn and grow

• Enterprise users will directly experience the quality of your work every day
• You will learn to compress the gap between a product idea and a shipped, polished feature
• Features you contribute to will become part of the face of the product to new enterprise clients
• You will grow your design sensibility and raise the bar for how you think about user experience
• You will help shape your own engineering journey at Zenskar from day one

Key qualifications

• 1–3 years of professional software development experience, with meaningful work on both frontend and backend
• CS degree or equivalent - solid fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, OS, and networking
• Can describe problems they have worked on - the what, the how, and what they learned
• Backend foundation - has worked on APIs, services, or data models; eager to grow ownership and depth
• Frontend foundation - React (or equivalent), basic component architecture, state management; can contribute meaningfully to UI work
• Curious about product - you notice when something feels off in a UI
• Web fundamentals - understanding of how browsers work, basic performance awareness

• TypeScript experience
• Exposure to performance considerations on frontend or backend
• Interest in design and UX - wants to ship things that look and feel good
• B2B SaaS / enterprise software exposure
• Early-stage startup experience - comfortable in fast-moving environments
• Cloud platform basics (AWS or similar)
• Testing awareness - familiarity with unit tests or e2e testing
• AI-assisted development - uses tools like Cursor or GitHub Copilot
• Interest in financial systems, billing platforms, or fintech
• Not taking yourself too seriously :)

• You feel the friction of a confusing UI as much as a slow query - both are bugs to you
• You want to own features, not just tasks - you're building towards full-stack ownership
• You're curious about the "why" behind product decisions, not just the "what" to implement
• You want to grow fast and take on more responsibility over time
• You take pride in shipping things that actually work well for users

Location

• Hybrid - 2 days per week
• Office Location: Indiranagar, Bengaluru.
• Address: 3rd Floor, A wing No 1, Carlton Towers, HAL Old Airport Rd, HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560008.

Interview Process

• R0 – Recruiter Screening: Quick conversation to assess basic fit and role expectations.
• Round 1 – Introductory Chat: Focuses on understanding your past experience, projects, and ownership. We recommend reviewing the job description & CEO’s recorded videos before this step.
• Round 2 – Take-Home Assignment & Discussion: Evaluates your technical-depth, problem-solving approach and how you think through real-world problems.
• Reference Checks: We request contact details of two former direct managers. The hiring manager will connect with them to better understand your working style and alignment with Zenskar’s culture.
• Round 3: A final round-up of all the conversations